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The Testament of Benjamin Concerning a Pure Mind

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Section 12

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12. And when he finished his words, he

said

:

I

charge

you

,

my

children

,

carry

up

my

bones

out

of

Egypt

,

and

bury

me

at

Hebron

,

near

my

fathers

.

So

Benjamin

died

a

hundred

and

twenty

-

five

years

old

,

in

a

good

old

age

,

and

they

placed

him

in

a

coffin

.

And

in

the

ninety

-

first

year

of

the

departure

of

the

children

of

Israel

from

Egypt

,

they

and

their

brethren

brought

up

the

bones

of

their

fathers

secretly

in

a

place

which

is

called

Canaan

;

and

they

buried

them

in

Hebron

,

by

the

feet

of

their

fathers

.

And

they

returned

from

the

land

of

Canaan

,

and

dwelt

in

Egypt

until

the

day

of

their

departing

from

the

land

of

Egypt

.